Amino Acids Flashcards
1
Q
How many essential amino acids are there?
A
20
2
Q
How many of those amino acids have chiral centers?
A
19/20 (Glycine is the only one that doesn’t have a chiral center)
3
Q
How many of the amino acids have an S configuration?
A
18/19 (Cysteine is the only one with an R configuration)
